Al-Rahi Meets with Ambassadors of Western Powers to Press End of Presidential Vacuum
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi discussed at Bkirki on Thursday with the ambassadors to Lebanon of the five permanent United Nations Security Council members local and regional developments.
Al-Rahi demanded the international community to facilitate the election of a new head of state, expressing support to the ongoing dialogue between the rival parties to bridge the gap.
He considered the presidential crisis a priority.
The meeting was held in presence of papal ambassador to Lebanon Gabriele Caccia, U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag and European Union Ambassador to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst.
Kaag told reporters after the meeting that western powers “share with al-Rahi his concerns about the protracted vacancy.”
She pointed out that the eleven-month stalemate in the election of a president is “undermining Lebanon's ability to address the security, economic and social challenges it faces and has jeopardized the normal functioning of Lebanese institutions.”
The official called on Lebanese officials to “adhere to the country's Constitution, including the Taef Agreement and National Pact,” urging lawmakers to “uphold Lebanon's longstanding democratic tradition and convene to elect a president without further delay.”
Kaag sent a strong message to all parties, calling on them to “act responsibly and put Lebanon's stability and national interests ahead of partisan politics and to show the necessary flexibility and sense of urgency to apply mechanisms provided for by the Lebanese Constitution with regard to the election.”
MPs failed on several occasions to elect a new head of state over lack of quorum. President Michel Suleiman's term ended in May without the election of a successor.
Hizbullah and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun's Change and Reform bloc have been boycotting electoral sessions due to a disagreement with the March 14 camp over a compromise presidential candidate.
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16 April 2015, 12:04
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Ebola is a disease which is spreading hatred among the people of the same country. It is destroying the possibility of living together.
16 April 2015, 12:04
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From the Gospel of St John:
"For God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but so that through him the world might be saved.
No one who believes in him will be judged; but whoever does not believe is judged already, because that person does not believe in the Name of God's only Son.
And the judgement is this: though the light has come into the world people have preferred darkness to the light because their deeds were evil.
And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, to prevent his actions from being shown up;
But whoever does the truth comes out into the light, so that what he is doing may plainly appear as done in God.'
16 April 2015, 12:06
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Those who advocates wars and violence are chosing darkness instead of the Light of God.
16 April 2015, 12:13
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just a reminder for the French ambassador about the French arms for our soldiers ?!!!when?!!
god bless democracy
16 April 2015, 12:48
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Al Rahi should threaten the caporal of excommunication , then maybe that caporal iranian traitor will go to the parliament and elect a president.
16 April 2015, 14:25
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Al Rahi, should excommunicate the caporal of his religion ASAP, then he'll loose all dreams of becoming our Bashar with HA's help
16 April 2015, 15:51
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Your eminence you are addressing the wrong parties..
18/04/1989 بري: لن نقبل برئيس ماروني بعد الآن
30/06/1989 حزب الله يعلن الولاء المطلق لآية الله السيد علي خامنئي
01/09/1989 حزب الله يعلن حرب مفتوحة مع الموارنة معتبرا حملة عون على سوريا هي حملة لابادة المسلمين
21/09/1989 حزب الله : نرفض رئيسا مارونيا ونرفض الذل تحت اسم التعايش مع النصارى
13/10/1989 حزب الله : سنمزق اتفاق الطائف
20/10/1989 بري: غير معنيين بالطائف والقبول به خيانة
12/11/1989 حزب الله: الطائف استسلام للمارونية السياسية واسرائيل
http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/Services/SpecialDocuments/specialdocs2k2k5.htm
16 April 2015, 16:36
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How can you ask for outside help when the problem is one of domestic politics? What can foreign ambassadors do when there is no restriction on the meeting of the electoral body, but the members boycott the electoral session?
Rai would do better to meet with the Saudi and the Iranian foreign ministers and tell them both to instruct their respective Lebanese political retainers to cut the crap and vote.
